LessonOverview:

Title:Exploringnumberpatterns
Subject:Math
GradeLevel(s):FourthorFirthGrade
Duration:45minutes
UnitDescription:
Thislessonispartofatwoweekunitaboutpowerfulpatternsthatareinvolvedinmath.
Studentswillstartofftheunitbyanalyzingsimplenumberpatterns,however,bytheend
oftheunitthestudentswillbeexploringcomplexnumberpatterns.
LessonGoals:
Thegoalofthislessonistohavestudentsmakeandextendnumericalpatternsusing
hundredscharts.Throughtheformationofhundredscharts,studentswillbeableto
analyzenumericpatterns,recordnumericpatterns,andalsouseatabletorecordand
analyzepatterns.
CommonCoreStateStandards:
CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.C.5:Generateanumberorshapepatternthatfollowsagiven
rule.Identifyapparentfeaturesofthepatternthatwerenotexplicitintheruleitself.For
example:giventherule"Add3"andthestartingnumber1,generatetermsinthe
resultingsequenceandobservethatthetermsappeartoalternatebetweenoddandeven
numbers.Explaininformallywhythenumberswillcontinuetoalternateinthisway.
BigIdea:
Meaningfulcountingintegratesdifferentaspectsofnumberandsets,suchassequence,
andrepetitions.
Barriers:Hereisalistofpotentialbarriersinvolvedwiththislesson:
Mathematicalvocabulary
Countingwithhighnumbers
Mentalmathskills
Language
Method:
AnticipatorySet:
Atthestartofthelesson,presentatableonthePrometheanboard(suchastheone
locatedundermaterials)onwhichdatacanberecorded.
Havestudentssuggestentriesforthefirstrow.Thenaskstudentshowthenumbersinthe
answersarechanging.Repeatwithotherrows.Rationalizewithstudentsthateachrow
showsanumberpatternbecausewhenyouaddthesamenumberoverandover,you
createapattern.Lastly,explaintostudentsthattheycanusehundredchartstoshowhow

thesenumberscreateapattern.
IntroduceandModelNewKnowledge:
Theteacher,willstartoftheintroductionandmodelofnewknowledgebystatingthe
objectiveofthelessonaswellaswriteitontheboard.Theteacherwilltellthestudents
thatduringthelesson,theyconstructandextendnumericalpatternsusinghundreds
charts.Throughtheformationofhundredscharts,theywillthenbeabletoanalyze
numericpatterns,recordnumericpatterns,andalsouseatabletorecordandanalyze
patterns.Afterstudentshaveaclearunderstandingofthelessonobjective,teacherwill
modelnewknowledgewhenintroducingthenewconcept.
Theteacherwillstartoffbyhavingstudentswatchaportionofthisvideo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goWi381mnkE.At5:49theteacherwillstopthe
videowillwritethenumbers5,10,15,20,25,30ontheboard.Afterthenumbersare
writtenontheboardtheteacherwillexplaintostudentsthattodaythemainfocusofthe
lessonisnumericalpatterns.Therefore,ifyoutakealookatthenumbersontheboard,
youmightnoticethatthereisapattern.Teacherwillthencountfrom130outloud
emphasizingthenumberswrittenontheboard.Teacherwillthenexplainthepattern.
Afterstudentsunderstandthatthepatternwastocountby5s,theteacherwillpullout
hercalculatorfortheclasstoseeandcompletethesamepatternonthecalculatorby
hitting5+5=,=,=.Thecalculatordemonstrationwillhelpstudentscomprehendhowto
useacalculatorwhendiscoveringpatterns.
ProvideGuidedPractice:
HavestudentsaccesstheNCTEMEExampleobservingthehundredboardsfoundonthe
NCTMStandardswebsite.Pullstickstocallononestudentasavolunteer.Teacherwill
havestudententer2+2=,=,=intotheonlinecalculator.After,studenthascompletedthis
taskhavethestudentsharewhatisdisplayedonthescreen.Asktheotherstudentstoput
theirthumbsupiftheyagreewiththestudentsanswer,orthumbsdowniftheydisagree.
Makesurestudentsunderstandthateverytimethe=signedispressedthecalculatoradds
2tothepreviousanswer.Next,theteacherwillhavestudentsgetwithapartnerandlook
atthehundredschart.Askthestudentstotalktotheirpartneranddiscusswhathappens
everytimetheygoupbytwoonthenumberchart.Didthesamethinghappenasitdid
withthecalculator?Haveallthestudentsworkwiththeirpartnertocompareandcheck
thenumberdisplayedonthehundredschartwiththeanswersfromthechartcompletedat
thestartofthelesson(BesuretoturnthePrometheanboardbackonsostudentscansee
thechartcompletedatthestartofthelesson.)Finally,askstudentstodiscusswiththeir
partnershowtheywouldusethecharttofindapatternforadifferentnumber.
ProvideIndependentPractice:
Providedeachstudentwiththeirownaccesstothecalculatoraswellasthereown
hundredschart.Allowthestudentstocontinuetoexplorepatternsonline,however,this
timetheyareexploringthesepatternsindividually.Askthestudentstousethe
calculatorstoskipcountby20.After,theyhavecompletedthetaskonthecalculator
havethempulltheircrayonsoutandcirclethepatterntheyfindontheirpaperhundred

chart.Havestudentssolvepatternquestionsonworksheetfollowingthesametasksthey
didwhentheyskipcountedby20.
Worksheetquestions:
1.Inthepattern2,4,6,8,10whatwillcomenext?Andnext?
2.Mypatternis6,10,16,26,36,46.Whatarethenextthreenumbersinmypattern?
Howarethenumberschanging?
(Teacherwillgradestudentsindependentpracticesandgivethembacktothestudents.
Oncethestudentsreceivetheirworksheetsbacktoseehowtheydidtheywillthenhave
theopportunitytofixtheiranswersandturntheworksheetbackin.
WRAPUP:
Aftergradingstudentsindependentpracticeworksheetstheteacherwilllookforpatterns
ofmisunderstandingfromtheworksheet.Usingtheinformationconcludedfromthe
studentsworksheets,theteacherwillfacilitateashortdiscussiontoclearupany
misunderstandings.Also,teacherwillreiteratemainobjectivesofthelessonandhow
theywereexpressedandunderstoodduringthelesson.
ASSESSMENT:
Formative,OngoingAssessment:
Providestudentswithahundredschartwiththenumbers2,4,6,and8shadedin.Ask
studentstocontinuethispattern.Atthebottomofthepagehavestudentstellyouhow
theyfoundthepatternaswellasdiscussthepatterntheyfound.Somestudentsmay
suggestanyofthefollowingexplanationsforhowtheydeterminedthepatternthey
found:Icoloredtheevennumbers,Iadded2toeachnumber,Icoloredoneboxandleft
thenextblockblank.(Asateacherbesuretolookathowstudentscompletedthetask,
thatwayyoucanassessandimproveyourteachingfortheremainderoftheunit).
SummativeAssessment:Thegoalofthesummativeassessmentforthislessonisto
evaluatestudentlearningattheendoftheinstructionalunitbycomparingitagainstthe
CommonCoreStandards.Therefore,studentswillcompleteanexamattheendofthe
unit.Thisexamwillhavemultiplequestionsthatasksstudentstocompletethenumber
pattern.Someofthenumericalpatternsthatstudentwillhavetocompletewillbesimple
andotherpatternswillbemoredifficult.
MATERIALS

Computerwithinternetconnection

Crayons,markers,orcolorpencils

Calculators

Hundredschart